In late 2010 the Australian Bureau of Meteorology predicted that the next tropical cyclone season would most likely be active. Cyclone Yasi, which recently hit Queensland, Australia, showed they were right. But with so many variables needing to be taken into account, how do meteorologists make their predictions accurate?

Chemistry software will be split between expert tools for computational chemists and 3D desktop modelling tools to support the work of medicinal chemists, says Dr Martin Slater, director of consulting at Cresset